Card file Franklin Cemetery Association list, both found at Franklin Public Library and Dorothy's marriage license at Venango County Court house

September 23, 2000

1920 Census Data

Data as found at Franklin (Venango County) Library on Jul 31, 2000

April 17, 2001

Belle's DOB, POB and Parents

E-Mailfrom Tom Lennig, subject: Belle Pitcher, dated Apr 13, 2001

OCCUPATION:

ADDRESS:

EDUCATION:

MEDICAL INFORMATION:

MILITARY INFORMATION:

OBITUARY:
The following is copied from a reference card found at the Franklin City/Venango County Library. It is headed with V C P (Venango Citizens Press), 23 Jan, 1935, page 5, col 4:

GIERING, William F., age 49, died at his home in Youngstown, O., Friday morning .. [he] was a former Fkn resident ... He was born in Y., a son of John and the late Flora Giering. ..survived by his wife and son and the following daughters: Mrs Irene Johnston, Mrs Mary Gordon, and Ms Dorthy [sic] Giering..;2 step-daughters, Mrs Lillian Harrington, and Mrs Dorthy [sic] Giering...also survived by 7 Grandchildren and a sister, Mrs Ben Williams and a bro, Charles Giering.

Added in handwriting following the typewritten information is:

[illegible] and worked for the Atlantic Refining Company

CENSUS DATA:
The following census data is an extract from the 1920 census for State: PA, County: Venango, town (or township): Sugarcreek, enumerated on: Jan 5, 1920, as found on page 55 (Reel 2) on the microfilm. This applies to an address of 7 .

Street/Dwelling

House/Family

NAME

Relationto rest of family

Sex

Occup-ation

YearsMarried

Month & DayOf Birth

Year Of Birth

Age

1

1

Giering, Iona

W

F

None

Widow

25

Irene

D

F

9

Mary

D

F

5

Dorothy

D

F

2

CENSUS COMMENTS:
--The census data lists Iona's Father (David Dillie, age 56) as actual head of household with wife Mary (age 55) and Iona as Daughter. Irene, Mary and Dorothy are listed as Granddaughters.
-- At Franklin Library: the City directory for 1920/21; The alphabetic listing shows Iona at 7 Rocky Grove Ave. The street list shows the house at that address as David W. Dillie (Iona's maiden name - from other sources) with a population of 10.

COMMENTARY:
William Giering was the second husband of Belle Pitcher. She had a daughter, Dorothea, by her first husband: Mont Kirkpatrick. William adopted Dorothea and, as a result of that, plus the fact that she married her Father's cousin, Norman, she took the Giering name.
Conflicting DOB for Iona: The County Poor house (where she died) listed her
as being 36 when admitted on Jul 8, 1926 yielding a DOB of 1890. The cemetery lists her DOB as 1884.

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William F Giering

Iona (UNK Maiden Name) Giering

William's Obituary

Based on the style of Uniform and the type of Rifle, it is believed that the picture was taken prior to WW I and probably between 1905 and 1915.
The caption hand-written on the back reads "W. F. Giering" and underneath the "W." is "(William)".

Believed to be taken during the first decade of the 1900's. The handwritten caption on the back reads: "Iona Giering Wife, Irene Johnsons Mother".